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the farmer to act in unison, give and take a little 

 from each other, and thus try to promote the sport, 

 the pastime, and the work of all. 



The. season 1896-7 commenced in a notable way, 

 inasmuch as three of our leading hunting establish- 

 ments underwent very great changes. The Field, 

 in its summary appended to its annual hunt table, 

 says : " The decease of Lord Fitzhardinge has 

 caused the Berkeley to become a subscription pack 

 without a Berkeley being at the head of it, a circum- 

 stance which may not have happened before ; as for 

 the dozen or so of years during which the hounds 

 were in the hands of a sort of company, Berkeley 

 Castle was strongly represented in the management 

 until a private pack was once more started, which 

 was the second beginning of that owned by the late 

 Lord Fitzhardinge, the subscription pack becoming 

 the foundation of the Old Berkeley, that country 

 being comprised in the wide area hunted by the 

 original Berkeley Hounds in the last century. No 

 longer, again, do we find the Duke of Beaufort's 

 name in the list of masters, as the head of an esta- 

 blishment with a lengthy and interesting history. 

 The family connection with the hunt is still main- 

 tained by the Marquis of Worcester being joint 

 master with Mr. R. E. Wemyss ; but, nevertheless, 

 the present is a noteworthy period in the history 



